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DAEGU, South Korea, CMC – Usain Bolt will have to learn quickly how to deal with the nerves that led to his false-start disqualification in the Final of the 100 metres at the World Championships.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Italy’s Flavia Pennetta felt sick to her stomach on a hot,  muggy day at the U.S.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – The doubters said  Usain Bolt was vulnerable and that his star was on the wane.

Ramsey Ali, who was elected president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) said yesterday that nobody, including Minister of Sport Dr.

Neville Cadogan was in fine form Thursday night as he spearheaded Robb Street Strikers to a comfortable win over YK6 and Strikers as the Wild Bunch, 27-team dominoes competition continued at the Strikers Sports Club Meadowbrook Drive.

The prolonged fight for control of West Indies cricket has just got more intense.

Despite all the gun talk by skipper Chris Gayle, T&T warmed-up for the Nokia Champions League with a 12-run victory over the WIPA All Stars in the ‘Balls of Fire 2’ charity T20 clash at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Rain ruined the first one-day  international between England and India yesterday with the  match at Durham being abandoned when the hosts were on 27 for 2  chasing India’s 274 for seven.

By Iva Wharton There is no real competition for female golfers in Guyana.

BIRMINGHAM, England,  CMC – Shiv Chanderpaul’s rich vein of County Championship form for Warwickshire continued yesterday when he stroked an unbeaten half-century in a drawn game against Yorkshire.

One of the first signs that the potential formation of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) by the  government to temporary govern cricket in Guyana could further affect cricketers throughout the country, occurred on Friday, when a faction of Berbice players  called up for a Twenty20 Trial match ahead of upcoming practice games versus Trinidad who will be  representing the region in the Champions League tournament in India later this month, were told by Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) officials not to turn up.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, (Reuters) – Paceman Ryan Harris  captured five wickets as Australia made full use of the second  new ball to break a stubborn sixth-wicket partnership and mop up  the tail on the way to a 125-run victory over Sri Lanka on the  fourth day of the first test yesterday.

A trio of truly one-sided contests throughout the city saw Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Malteenoes Cricket Clubs recording thoroughly convincing victories in their respective quarter-finals  of the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) Queensway Cup knockout limited overs competition yesterday.

The African Cultural & Development Association (ACDA) two-day four-a-side small goal and penalty shootout wraps up today at the C-Field Sophia Tarmac with a number of teams vying for the Ministry of Culture trophy and cash incentives.

Play in the Milo Under-23 Football Tournament, organised by Fruta Conquerors, continues this evening with a triple header at the Tucville Playfield.

Two officials of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) are appealing to corporate Guyana for sponsorship for two of Guyana’s most decorated senior powerlifters Winston ‘Little Master’Stoby and ‘Big John’ Edwards.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Serena  Williams came through their first real tests at the U.S.

The stage is set for the second annual Neal and Massy 10Km road race and 5Km Jog/Walk today which will attract some of the nation’s top athletes as well as regular joggers and walkers as the Neal and Massy Group move to promote health and wellness.

 By Colin Benjamin In front of a decent home crowd, the Guyana national football team completed an impressive and thoroughly convincing 2-0 victory over their Bajan counter-parts, in their opening Group B clash of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, at the Providence Stadium last evening.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Veronica Campbell-Brown ripped Allyson Felix’s 200 metres crown from her grip yesterday while another Jamaican scorched up the road to redemption and into the hearts of the Daegu crowd at the world athletics championships.